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Woohoo! Checked something off the list yesterday... I hope y'all are fully aware that I'm not going to finish it. I mean, we have just over three weeks to my birthday.

Anyhow, we bought a couch! No pictures yet. I want to get my gross carpets cleaned before we take pretty pictures. I love it. The arms are even comfy for sitting.

Now I'm off to spend time with the manlet. He's here with me. :)

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Check one off the list...

That's right... FIRST TATTOO!!!! The quote is Shakespeare and I felt like it fit me perfectly. Also featured: this week's sparkly manicure.

K, off to barbecue and be sore now. :)

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Completed another item on the list. All of August was NO SODA. The first week or so SUCKED. Bad. Not kidding. But after that I didn't feel too bad. Lots of tea this month.

And that whole "no soda can make you lose weight." Yeah, I'm calling BS. The scale says the exact same number that it told me on the first of the month. Jerk. I do feel a little smaller, but maybe that's all in my head. And I'm about to pick up my running schedule regularly again. So maybe the number will go down.

It's Thursday and I'm exhausted. Yesterday was a... wait I'm counting... roughly fifteen hour day. Yay me. So ready for this weekend. Three nights of FUN with my cousin. And others. But mostly my cousin.

I'm gonna go before I ramble much more. Happy Thursday.

Oh Hello There

Remember me? I'm that super busy school teacher that likes to come here and chat sometimes.

Well, things aren't less busy. Yet. But the time where I can resume regular posts is very close. 12 days of school left. Of course there's a field trip, open house, planting day, and water day in there. But it's all coming together!

I've crossed a couple things off my list on the side over there. My parents took me to IKEA yesterday!!! We were in SoCal for a family party and they surprised me by planning the stop ahead of time. Ummm... can I just live there now? For realsies. It was amazing. Hubby and I are going back this summer. We desperately need a new couch. And I think I found my perfect living room curtains finally. I also crossed off sewing something that I'm proud of. I sewed a shirt from scratch and wore it to work. No pics yet, but I'll do that eventually. I've also refashioned a few things and have lots more sewing planned.

So that's me. Our weekend was fun, even though I had to go without hubby. :( I got to see some of my cousins from Mexico though! And started making some summer plans with some other cousins. And possibly made spring break plans for next year already.

Whew.

So I'm off to start another week. Probably with some coffee. I definitely need some coffee.

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Check another thing off the list. I went and had a Brazilian blowout today. My. Hair. Feels. Amazing. I will be doing this regularly now. I would include a pic, but it really wouldn't do my hair justice. I seriously want to just sit here and feel my hair all day.

If you have curly hair and money to spend, do it.

So let's check one more off the list. Up next... maybe a wine tasting party? I do have a week long break coming up so I'll have more than enough time to prep...

**EDIT** I should point out that the only reason this one got done so quickly is because my awesome mama bought me a gift certificate for my birthday. Thanks mom. :)

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If you take a peek at my sidebar, you'll see I crossed something off my 30 Before 30 list. And it only took... (checks calendar) over a month! At this rate... yeah, I better pick up the pace.

I made brownies. From scratch.

See this is kind of a big deal. Because my mom may or may not have said she'd disown me (okay, it was "not") if I didn't just try it. I've always used boxes. And they work fine for me. They're easy! But her recipe is a one-bowl recipe. I like the idea that there's only one big bowl to lick... I mean, clean. Yeah... clean.

So I finally made brownies after work yesterday. And, um, they were kind of super easy. Not quite as fast as a box mix because I had to melt the chocolate. But still ridonk easy. And as far as I know, everyone at our meeting last night liked 'em. Tad liked 'em. And when I got home hubby said I can feel free to make them again.

So there mom. You were right.